THE END OF THE ANCIENT WORLD - Lot, 1st 1953 - ANCIENT ROMAN EMPIRE MIDDLE AGES

THE END OF THE ANCIENT WORLD AND THE BEGINNINGS OF THE MIDDLE AGES Book Details + Condition: Barnes and Noble, Inc (New York). First Edition, 1953. Hardcover. 407 pages with Bibliography and Index. Illustrated. From the publisher: "Ferdinand Lot provides extensive explanations for the fall of the Roman Empire which helped to lay the groundwork for the Middle Ages. In addition, the author provides multiple explanations for the birth of the Middle Ages which embrace not only politics and war, but linguistic, geographic, cultural, social, and economic factors." Chapters include:- The Crisis of the Third Century and the Restoration of the Empire - The Political Crisis of the Third Century- Economic Retrogression of the Roman World- The Caste System- The Decay and End of Ancient Art- The Downfall- Rome and the Barbarians in the Second Half of the Fourth Century- Italy After the Disappearance of the Western Empire (476 - 526)- The Failure of Justinian's Work - The Seizure of Gaul by the Fran